Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos is a specialist on armed conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa. He is a graduate of the Institute of Policy Studies in Paris, where he teaches and is a researcher at the Institute of Development Research.

After living several years in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, he now studies the impact of forced migrations and humanitarian aid. He wrote several articles and books, including Le Nigeria, Violence et sécurité urbaines, L’aide humanitaire, aide à la guerre?, Villes et violences en Afrique subsaharienne, Diaspora et terrorisme, Guerres d’aujourd’hui and Etats faibles et sécurité privée en Afrique noire.